A total of 76 percent of Public Utility Jeepneys (PUJs) and UV Express (UVE) operators have consolidated so far as part of the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP), according to the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB). In a press briefing on Friday, Jan. 5,...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has denied rumors that the minimum fare for modern jeepneys will increase to P50 once the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP) takes full effect. DOTr Secretary Jaime Bautista maintained that the primary consideration for any fare increase in...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB)-8 reported that 94.25 percent of Public Utility Vehicles (PUVs) in Eastern Visayas have consolidated into corporations and cooperatives under the PUV Modernization Program. Veronica Reposar, LTFRB-8...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III on Wednesday, January 3 said he believes that the government should step on the brakes for now on the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP) and conduct a dialogue with affected jeepney drivers to address problems hounding the plan....
At least three jeepney groups composed of hundreds of operators and drivers trooped to the Office of Transportation Cooperatives (OTC) in Quezon City on the last day of the franchise consolidation for the implementation of the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP) on New Year's Eve,...
ILOILO CITY – Independent drivers and operators in this city and province of Iloilo are still not giving up the fight against the jeepney phase out to pave the way for the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP). The No to PUV Phaseout Coalition-Panay has been holding rallies at the...
Sen. Imee Marcos called on the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to revoke its "deadly deadlines" for the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP) which according to her, has fallen short of compliance since 2017. In a statement on Thursday, Dec. 28, Marcos said there is a need to...
BACOLOD CITY – Transport groups here and in the province of Negros Occidental called on the government to extend the December 31 deadline for the consolidation of public utility vehicle (PUV) operators. Rudy Catedral, president of the Bacolod Alliance for Commuters Operators and Drivers (Bacod),...
ILOILO CITY – The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board-Region 6 might phase out a little over 2,500 passenger jeepneys across Western Visayas region by the end of the year. “That’s if the operators fail to beat the December 31 deadline for operators to join a cooperative or...
Senator Joseph Victor "JV" Ejercito is in favor of extending the December 31 deadline of the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP) given to transport groups to consolidate to either corporation or cooperative. Deputy Majority Leader Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito, during Tuesday’s...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. was urged to discuss the proposed Philippine Center for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) Act and the full implementation of the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP) in his second State-of-the-Nation Address (SONA) on...
More than half of Filipinos expressed support for the government’s jeepney modernization program, according to the results of a Tangere survey released on Wednesday, March 22. In the latest Tangere survey conducted from March 7 to 10, it found that 53 percent of Filipinos approve of the...
